[systemd-devel] how to get a device name matching .device to use into a dynamic at .unit ?

[Greg KH]

On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 06:40:54PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> On Thu, 13.06.13 13:20, Pablo Saratxaga (pablo at walon.org) wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm learning (and appreciating) the new systemd; and I'm currently trying to
> > make it work to load some firmware, in the most generic way.
> > 
> > The hardware needing that firmware is a cheap bluetooth usb dongle;
> > so cheap that without loading the firware it just plain doesn't work.
> 
> If firmware loading is a one-time thing you need to execute when the
> device is plugged in, and is relatively quick to execute there is no
> need to involve a systemd service and you can simply run this from a
> udev rule directly.

Firmware should be loaded directly from the kernel itself these days, no
need for a udev rule, or anything else, it should "just work".

thanks,

greg k-h